Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-06-17
HE TOOK THEM !
LOCAL NEWS,

DR.. w. i. Russell of this town, has been
restored.
President and Mrs. Cleveland and par
ty passed through here early last Friday |
morning on their return from the Adir-
ondacks to Washington.
The local wool trade continues active.
None of the buyers will own to paying
over 20 cents for fine. though they admit
that they do give as high as - cents
for coarse.
The Y. NJ. G. a. anniversary will be
held in the Congregational church next
Sunday evening beginning at 5 o'clock.
1t will be union service and the adj
dress will be by Rev. G.. a. Smith of st.
Adams.
Main street in front of the Dyer block
is to be macadamized this summer. 1t is
the worst mud-hole in the village. spring
and fall, and something ought to be done
looking to its Improvement
Butter sold in this market, Monday, at
the same prices as the week before-l4
cents for fine and - cents for extra. \
year ago the quotations were 10 cents
and few selections at slightly higher
figures.
The annual diocesan convention of the
Episcopal churches of Vermont was held
at Burlington this week. Messrs. Albert
Chapman. George Chapman and Henry
"a al =
Stephens parish. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Chapman went up by carriage.
The Hawthorne club goes tomorrow on
its annual picnic. 1t will leave here on
the morning train north for Nergennes,
there embark on the steamer Gazelle and
spend the day on the lake. The party
will probably number %.
The annual meeting of the Village I'M
provement association will be held at the
room in the basement of the town hall on
Wednesday evening next at Z 80 o'clock.
As there are number of subjects that de-
mand attention, it is hoped that there will
be IA full attendance.
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North Pleasant street belonging to the
Birchard estate, which was appointed
for last Monday, was adjourned for one
week, as the Methodists talked some of
buying it instead of building. The
personal property was partly sold.
The show given at the town hall on
Wednesday evening by the troupe of st.
Bernard dogs owned by DR.. Sawtelle of
Maiden, Mass, and exhibited by Prof.
Snow, drew out fair house. The dogs,
eight in number, are fine animals, large,
, almost perfect in color and very intelli-
gent Those who attended thought
: themselves fully repaid for the outlay.
At the meeting of the Methodist socie-
ty, Monday, the action of the building
committee in purchasing the Wellington
lot Seminary street, for a parsonage was
' approved and the committee were in
D structed to go ahead in accordance with
t their best Judgment. They have made a
contract with Smith & Allen for the
e erection of IA parsonage and operations
: have already begun.
Parents and all friends of the graded
a school are invited to be present this (Fri
day. evening at the exercises of tho
L graduating class of Mddlebury higl
Il school. The class consists of clever
pupils. Good vocal and instrumental
- music will enliven the occasion. Rev. a
! Il, 4 Il,
- class. After presentation of diplomas
the exercises will close with class sons
by the graduates. Doors open at 80
is music at s no tickets.
d "A brother of Stephen W. Dorsey
u who we suspect was Mr.. Dorsey of thi
place, said to a New York reporter, TIN
# other day; "You can buy improve,
lie farm land in the great Champlain vale,
for less per acre than men are paying 70
sr unimproved farms in Missouri and Kan
C. sas, whittier the great tide of immigra
- ton is flowing | know of propert
-, of 400 acres of improved land, on whc
k. there was a modern house built within
=, few years at a cost of 5000, which wa
sold recently at public auction for S7lOC
1t is one of the finest and most produC
In tive farms in the Champlain valley. !
.. ~ similar property in Kansas would hay
been worth three times as much. Tn
~ fact is that the attention of the countr
II. has been entirely drawn to Western il
rs vestments, and as a consequence Easter
10 property is at a low ebb. Nevertheless
NJ as investments, farms in New Englan
are still worth buYing."